Suspensory bandage.



No. 65l,|99. Patented June 5, I900.

A. C. MOSS. w

SUSPENSURY. BANDAGE.

(Application filed Aug. 26, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Grass.

ALFRED CHARLES Moss, OF sraEAToR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-FIFTH 'ro GEORGE NORTH TAYLOR, oE SAME PLACE.

SUSPENSORY BANDAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,199, dated June 5, 1900.

Application filed August 26,1899. Serial No. 728,568.

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One object of my invention is to provide a suspensory bandage which may be worn without discomfort, annoyance, or undue expense to the wearer, since the bandage may be quickly and conveniently substituted by another at any time and the harness supporting the bandage be suspended from the shoulders of the wearer instead of from the waist-line, as has been customary.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the suspensory bandage and harness that metal buckles or fastening devices are not required and wherein the fastening device employed is flexible, readily adapting itself to the body, and permits an effective adjustment of the device upon the person.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the im- Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the suspending-harness of the device. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the flexible harness-buckle employed, and Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the bandage.

The bandage A consists practically of two pieces of cloth or other flexible material 10 and 11, the front edges 12 of which are circular and the rear edges 12 straight, or practically so. These twopieces of cloth are sewed together or otherwise united at their front circular edges andllikewise at the bottom, and the straight rear edges 12, together with the top edge of the bandage, are provided with a continuous binding 13, of any desired material. The bandage A is provided at its left-hand upper corner with a loop B and at its bottom rear portion with a loop 0, and a (No model.)

third loop D is located at the right-hand up per corner of the bandage, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The harness consists of a loop E, made of tape or a like material and adapted to receive one arm of the wearer, and an opposing loop E, made of the same material and adapted to receive the other arm of the wearer. The two loops are connected by horizontal backstraps a and a. The loop E comprises a front member 11 and a rear member 10, while the loop E comprises a front member 12 and a back member 13. A flexible buckle F is attached to the lower end of the right-arm loop E, and this buckle usually consists, as shown in Fig. 3, of a back 14, of a flexible material, such as canvas or tape, a corresponding front 15, and a filling 16, of wadding or soft fabric.

A tape 17 or its equivalent is located longitudinally upon the front face of the said buckle F, and this tape or material employed is so attached to said front face as to provide a series of loops, three of which are shown, designated as 18, 19, and 20; but a greater or less number of loops may be employed, if desired.

An elastic tape F is secured to the lower end of the arm-loop E, and the free end of this tape is adapted to be laced from side to side of the flexible buckle F through the loops 18, 19, and 20, provided for said buckle.

In operation the arms of the wearer are passed through the loops E and E. The elastic tape F is then passed through the loop B of the bandage A and back of one leg and then through the lower loop 0 of the bandage. Next the elastic tape F is carried around the back of the other leg to the front and then through the loop D of the bandage. Finally, the elastic tape is passed through'the first or lower loop of the flexible buckle F, reversed and carried through the second loop, and then again reversed and carried through the third loop. The elastic tape may now be adjusted as desired to comfortably fit the bandage to the wearer.

It is obvious that by the interlacing of the elastic tape through the loops of the buckle F the harness will be effectually held in position, as likewise the bandage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Inasuspensory bandage, a bandage provided with a plurality of loops, and a supporting-harness, comprising arm-loops con nected at the back, and a tape or strap secured to the lower end of one arm-loop, said tape or strap being adapted to be passed through the loops of the bandage and its end adjustably secured to the lower end of the other arm-loop, substantially as described.

2. In a suspensory bandage, a bandage provided with loops, one at the bottom and two at the top, and a supporting-harness, comprisingshoulder-straps in loop form connected at the back by horizontal straps, one of the said shoulder-straps being provided at its lower end with a series of adjacent loops and the other with atape or strap extending from its lower end, the free end of said tape or strap being adapted to be passed through the loops and around the wearer and its end interlaced in the said loops, substantially as described.

I11 a suspensory bandage, aband age provided with loops, one at the bottom and two secured to one shoulder-strap and comprising a flexible back having a plurality of loops on one face, and an elastic tape secured to the other shoulder-strap, the tape being adapted to be passed through the loops of the bandage and around the wearer and its end passed back and forth through the loops of the fastening device, substantially as described.

4:. In a suspensory bandage, a supportingharness therefor, consisting of two arm-loops connected at the back by straps, one of the loops being provided at its lower end with a tape orstrap extending therefrom, and the other with a series of adjacent and longitudinally-arranged loops with which the free end of the said tape or strap is adapted to be interlaced, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED CHARLES MOSS.

\Vitnesses:

W. 0. JONES, GEO. NORTH TAYLOR. 

